In light of the recent post about a Top 10 Modern Films, thought it would be interesting to see people's lists on the "classic" films, not necessarily modern - more of the old epics that used to be churned out on a regular basis.
Anyways, for all it's worth - here's mine (the male half), in no particular order:
1. Ben Hur
2. The 300 Spartans - hoping they turn the book "Gates of Fire" by Stephen Pressfield into a movie. Rumour is it will be directed by Michael Mann with possible cast of either George Clooney or Bruce Willis as King Leonidus
3. Spartacus
4. Magnificent 7
5. Lawrence of Arabia
6. The Vikings
7. Metropolis
8. The Searchers
9. A Bridge too Far
10. The Time Machine - the original
Lots more I could think of.....some classic sci-fi movies that could also be included :Them, Forbidden Planet. Some of those above appeared in my original "modern" list, but hey - if you look at it, they are timeless......
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Top 10 Classic Films
"Them" scared the crap out of me when I was a kid and the original "The Fly" didn't do me any favours either! :shock: Still remember lying in bed afterwards watching the shadow of the tree cast by the street light moving on the curtains. The "Night of the Demon" was another one. All black & white and all part of a weekly film series called "Appointment with Fear". They got that right! 
I also remember "baby-sitting" my younger brother once and we watched "The Day of the Triffids". After it had finished we went into the kitchen and made a bucket full of salty water just in case some more landed during the night.
As for classic films......does "The Blues Brothers" count?
Steve
I also remember "baby-sitting" my younger brother once and we watched "The Day of the Triffids". After it had finished we went into the kitchen and made a bucket full of salty water just in case some more landed during the night.
As for classic films......does "The Blues Brothers" count?
Steve
I don't know if all of these could be called classics but......
1. It's a wonderful life
2. Blues brothers
3. 2001 Space Oddysey
4. Dr Zhivago (just for Omar's eyes
5. If (not only for the film but the music he used to play in his room)
6. Lawreance of Arabia
7. Shrek
8. Robin Hood Prince of Theives
9. The meaning of life (MP)
10. The man with 2 brains
OK - nothing very literary in that lot!
Hugs, Alex x x
1. It's a wonderful life
2. Blues brothers
3. 2001 Space Oddysey
4. Dr Zhivago (just for Omar's eyes
5. If (not only for the film but the music he used to play in his room)
6. Lawreance of Arabia
7. Shrek
8. Robin Hood Prince of Theives
9. The meaning of life (MP)
10. The man with 2 brains
OK - nothing very literary in that lot!
Hugs, Alex x x
How about ten British, pre-1960 films; they all mean a lot to me:
The Cruel Sea
Goodbye Mr Chips
In Which We Serve
Brief Encounter
The Blue Lamp
Room at the Top-(ok sort, of 1960-ish)
Great Expectations (Lean)
The 39 Steps
The Third Man
and an outsider-actually a documentary -showing the work of London firemen in the war; watch it and thank God you weren't there.
'Fires Were Started'
A.
The Cruel Sea
Goodbye Mr Chips
In Which We Serve
Brief Encounter
The Blue Lamp
Room at the Top-(ok sort, of 1960-ish)
Great Expectations (Lean)
The 39 Steps
The Third Man
and an outsider-actually a documentary -showing the work of London firemen in the war; watch it and thank God you weren't there.
'Fires Were Started'
A.
Another tough question but I tackled it with my usual zest. The following is not definitive and I may have to go to another 10, but here's a start.
Now Voyager - Bette Davies, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains. "Don't lets ask for the moon Jerry, we have the stars." This is the movie where Henreid habitually lights two cigarettes at once and passes one to Davis. Sigh
Rear Window - the best of Hitchcock's movies in my humble opinion.
All About Eve - another Bette Davis classic with a very young Anne Bancroft: "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride."
Showboat - I love fifties musicals and this is superb with Ava Gardner and Howard Keel.
Great Expectations - David Lean directing the indecently young Alec Guinness and John Mills.
The Captive Heart - Forties POW movie with Michael Redgrave. On a par with Went the Day Well about a fictitious German invasion of an English Village. Superb British propaganda during the dark days of war.
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman - the sexual chemistry between James Mason and Ava Gardner!
Mildred Pierce - a fine example of forties film noir with the inimitable Joan Crawford.
Bhowani Junction - Ava Gardner (again) and the gorgeous Stewart Granger in the film adaptation of John Masters' excellent novel of pre-independence India.
Sunset Boulevard - atmospheric, gripping, excellent.
Sappho xxx
Now Voyager - Bette Davies, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains. "Don't lets ask for the moon Jerry, we have the stars." This is the movie where Henreid habitually lights two cigarettes at once and passes one to Davis. Sigh
Rear Window - the best of Hitchcock's movies in my humble opinion.
All About Eve - another Bette Davis classic with a very young Anne Bancroft: "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride."
Showboat - I love fifties musicals and this is superb with Ava Gardner and Howard Keel.
Great Expectations - David Lean directing the indecently young Alec Guinness and John Mills.
The Captive Heart - Forties POW movie with Michael Redgrave. On a par with Went the Day Well about a fictitious German invasion of an English Village. Superb British propaganda during the dark days of war.
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman - the sexual chemistry between James Mason and Ava Gardner!
Mildred Pierce - a fine example of forties film noir with the inimitable Joan Crawford.
Bhowani Junction - Ava Gardner (again) and the gorgeous Stewart Granger in the film adaptation of John Masters' excellent novel of pre-independence India.
Sunset Boulevard - atmospheric, gripping, excellent.
Sappho xxx
